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Empathy and Rage: Female Genital Mutilation in African Literature

by Edited by Tobe Levin and Augustine H. Asaah - £16.99  Ayebia Clarke Publishing Ltd (2009)
paperback    ISBN 13: 9780955507946 | ISBN 10: 0955507944

Empathy and Rage - these words bracket a spectrum of feelings people confront when they think about the millions of women and girls who have undergone bolokoli, takhoundi, tukore, or gudni'in - names in local languages for a procedure that mutilates women's private parts or Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).
 
This pioneering collection discusses representations of female genital mutilation as a theme in literary art. The contributors - both scholars and activists - join together to analyse African and African-American literature in the context of the debate between those who see FGM as a time-honoured tradition and those who recognise it as a human rights abuse.

"A thorough discussion and education on the subject of female circumcision-whether driven by rage, empathy, or engagement-is important. By focusing on creative writing as the site of discussion, this book provides a multifaced education. A must read."
(Ngugi wa Thiong'o)
"An important collection on an important subject that some misguided cultural nationalists would rather keep wrapped under the silences and perversions of tradition.... It derives its freshness and power from its excavation of representations in the works of African and Diasporan writers."
(Paul Tiyambe Zeleza, University of Illinois at Chicago.)

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